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Red shale fragment
Object Number 2011.14.796
Display Title Red shale fragment
Descriptions
Inventory Description Red shale fragment
Classification
  • Stone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite H912 Level 9, 116-153cmbd
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 5.9 × 4.3 × 0.5 cm (2 5/16 × 1 11/16 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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970-12-10/50328 Approx. 165 misc. stone chips (incl. shale); approx. 75 quartz chips; large ston
Stone
Chipping debris
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Stone
Ground Stone
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34 quartz chips, 50 misc. stone chips--some shale
970-12-10/50319 34 quartz chips, 50 misc. stone chips--some shale
Chipped Stone
Stone
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970-12-10/50322 Approx 40 pieces of misc. stone (some shale), approx. 25 pieces of quartz; 7 fra
Chipping debris
Stone
Faunal Remain
Charcoal
Neville
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970-12-10/50323 Approx. 30 pieces of misc. stone (some shale), 28 pieces of quartz; charcoal sam
Charcoal
Faunal Remain
Stone
Chipping debris
Neville
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970-12-10/50324 Approx. 60 stone chips (some shale); 34 pieces of quartz; charred bone; charcoal
Stone
Faunal Remain
Charcoal
Chipping debris
Neville
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Grinding stone
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Modified Lithic
Site ET-6-7
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Inderated shale 1/2 bored stone
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Perforated Stone
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Shale dish
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Raw Material
Perforated Stone
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Shale steep end scraper - made on a pebble - note cortex
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Scraper
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